====== Available Backends ======
(page under construction)

===For Continuum Observations===

  * BEACON (Backend for advanced continuum observations) 
  * Several receivers are equipped with polarimeters (cf. [[information_for_astronomers:rx_list|Receivers for the Effelsberg 100-m Telescope]])
  * [[information_for_astronomers:user_guide:8k-polar|8-Bank polarimeter]] for the 18/21cm- and for the 11cm-receiver


===For Spectroscopy===

  * [[xffts|XFFT spectrometer]] (2x 65536 channels, 2500, 2000, 500, 300, 100, 50 MHz Bandwidth - not all modes are available with all receivers)
  * WFFTS - the new Array spectrometer for the new broad-band receivers (28x65536 channels)
  * Array FFT spectrometer (16x16384 channels)

//A description of the FFT spectrometer and how they work can be found in the paper of [[http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3972|Klein et al.]]//

===For VLBI===

  * DBBC-Terminal (FS9 type, mostly used for EVN, global and geo VLBI)
  * RDBE-Terminal (VLBA type, for HSA and VLBA+Eb)

//Both terminals are equipped with MK5 recorders. More details can be found [[information_for_astronomers:user_guide:vlbi|here.]]//


===For Pulsar Observations===

//Please contact the pulsar group for information!//